A median age of 53.5: Viviez is older than 92% of compared French towns
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Viviez. On couples with children, Viviez sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 14%. The town had 1,210 residents in 650 households at the 2023 Census. 3.6% of its homes are second homes; 5.2% of residents are immigrants.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Viviez
Fewer residents than in 2012
Viviez had 1,345 residents at the 2012 census and 1,210 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Viviez’s residents are under 53.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 170 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Viviez has changed by −10%, slower than 97% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The first five years brought −5%; the six to 2023, −5%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Viviez 53.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Viviez has 9.1%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.9 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 44%, more than in 82% of compared French towns.
Viviez sits above 99% of compared French towns for empty homes (20%)
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of households without a car here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,620 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Viviez is €22,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Viviez sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (48%)
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Viviez has 18%. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 61% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 58% of compared French towns: 42%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Viviez. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Viviez ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 14%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Viviez comes in at 23%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,210 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 2 of the 5 towns around Viviez are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viviez | 53.5 | 33% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 1.5 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 2.3 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 7.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 10.2 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 17.2 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Viviez
What is the population of Viviez?
1,210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,345).
How old are Viviez’s residents?
The median age is 53.5, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viviez?
31, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viviez?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viviez?
€22,620 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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